Divisional Round: Buffalo Bills at Pittsburgh Steelers (Three Rivers Stadium), with a Conference Championship spot at stake. Kickoff: Sat January 9, 1993 at 12:30pm. Winner advances to the Conference Championship. The losing team's season is over.[1][2]
The divisional round is where the bracket is supposed to take its real shape. Buffalo Bills traveling to Pittsburgh Steelers at Three Rivers Stadium, with the league watching to see whether the better team or the better matchup wins. Bye-week home favorites carry the weight of expectation; the visiting wild-card winner walks in with no one expecting them and nothing to lose.
The bracket has narrowed to the teams that survived the regular season. Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in Three Rivers Stadium shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
Buffalo Bills versus Pittsburgh Steelers in the Divisional Round. The teams who reach this round have already proven they survive a long schedule; the stats that matter most now are the ones that compress: scoring differential, red-zone efficiency, turnover margin. At this stage of the year, the simple math is that defenses tighten and the team that protects the ball wins more often than the team that scores the most. Whichever side of Buffalo Bills-Pittsburgh Steelers cleans up the careless plays first usually walks out with the result. Conservative-game expectations should not surprise the reader; both staffs know exactly what worked all season and will lean hard on what travels. The early answer is the kicking game, where any swing of field position compounds.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 11-5 | W1 |
| Houston Oilers | 10-6 | W2 |
| Cleveland Browns | 7-9 | L3 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 5-11 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 11-5 | L1 |
| Miami Dolphins | 11-5 | W3 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 9-7 | W5 |
| New York Jets | 4-12 | L3 |
| New England Patriots | 2-14 | L5 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 11-5 | W7 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 10-6 | W1 |
| Denver Broncos | 8-8 | L1 |
| Los Angeles Raiders | 7-9 | W1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 2-14 | L4 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 14-2 | W8 |
| New Orleans Saints | 12-4 | W1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 6-10 | L2 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 6-10 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 11-5 | W2 |
| Green Bay Packers | 9-7 | L1 |
| Chicago Bears | 5-11 | L2 |
| Detroit Lions | 5-11 | L1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5-11 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 13-3 | W2 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 11-5 | W4 |
| Washington Redskins | 9-7 | L2 |
| New York Giants | 6-10 | L1 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | 4-12 | L2 |
1992 AFC Divisional Playoffs Bills vs. Steelers - Final Play, Postgame Show
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Steve Christie FG - 1992 AFC Divisional Playoffs Bills vs. SteelersBuffalo Bills None, Pittsburgh Steelers None
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 07142424 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33333 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Steelers | Gary Anderson 38 yard field goal | 0-3 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bills | Mitch Frerotte 1 yard pass from Frank Reich ( Steve Christie kick) | 7-3 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bills | James Lofton 17 yard pass from Frank Reich ( Steve Christie kick) | 14-3 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bills | Steve Christie 43 yard field goal | 17-3 |
| Bills | Carwell Gardner 1 yard rush ( Steve Christie kick) | 24-3 |
Buffalo Bills defeated Pittsburgh Steelers 24-3 at Three Rivers Stadium in the Divisional Round. The final scoring play was Bills: Carwell Gardner 1 yard rush ( Steve Christie kick). The 21-point margin made it a one-sided afternoon. Top line of the day: Neil O'Donnell: 163 pass yards on 15-of-29, 0 TD, 2 INT. Buffalo Bills move on to the conference final.[1][2]
Buffalo Bills walked out of Three Rivers Stadium as the team that survived a Divisional Round Pittsburgh Steelers will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 24-3. This was a 21-point margin, which is unusual for this round of the postseason and tells a story about which staff out-prepared the other from the opening series. The final scoring play came from Bills: Carwell Gardner 1 yard rush ( Steve Christie kick). Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. Buffalo Bills move on to a conference championship.
Buffalo Bills 24, Pittsburgh Steelers 3. Round: Divisional Round. Attendance: 60407. Q1: 1 scoring play. Q2: 1 scoring play. Q3: 1 scoring play. Q4: 2 scoring plays. Top performers:
- Neil O'Donnell: 163 pass yards on 15-of-29, 0 TD, 2 INT
- Kenneth Davis: 104 rush yards on 10 carries
- Ernie Mills: 8 catches for 93 yards
Divisional Round, played at Three Rivers Stadium. Final: Buffalo Bills 24, Pittsburgh Steelers 3, with Buffalo Bills taking the result by 21. **First quarter**
- Steelers: Gary Anderson 38 yard field goal
Second quarter
- Bills: Mitch Frerotte 1 yard pass from Frank Reich ( Steve Christie kick)
Third quarter
- Bills: James Lofton 17 yard pass from Frank Reich ( Steve Christie kick)
Fourth quarter
- Bills: Steve Christie 43 yard field goal
- Bills: Carwell Gardner 1 yard rush ( Steve Christie kick)
Top performers
- Neil O'Donnell: 163 pass yards on 15-of-29, 0 TD, 2 INT
- Kenneth Davis: 104 rush yards on 10 carries
- Ernie Mills: 8 catches for 93 yards
The 21-point margin says most of what needs saying about how the day went; the box score is the rest.
| Bills | Steelers | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 19 | 18 |
| Total Yards | 325 | 240 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 16/23 | 15/29 |
| Pass yards | 160 | 163 |
| Pass TD | 2 | 0 |
| Interceptions | 0 | 2 |
| Sacks taken | 1 | 7 |
| Sack yards lost | 4 | 52 |
| Net pass yards | 156 | 111 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 39 | 27 |
| Rush yards | 169 | 129 |
| Rush TD | 1 | 0 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 0 | 4 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties | 4 | 2 |
| Penalty yards | 33 | 23 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | |||||
| Frank Reich | 16/23 | 160 | 2 | 0 | |
| PIT | |||||
| Neil O'Donnell | 15/29 | 163 | 0 | 2 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | ||||
| Kenneth Davis | 10 | 104 | 0 | 41 |
| Thurman Thomas | 19 | 54 | 0 | 11 |
| Carwell Gardner | 7 | 22 | 1 | 8 |
| Frank Reich | 2 | -3 | 0 | -1 |
| Andre Reed | 1 | -8 | 0 | -8 |
| PIT | ||||
| Barry Foster | 20 | 104 | 0 | 16 |
| Neil O'Donnell | 4 | 26 | 0 | 17 |
| Leroy Thompson | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Mark Royals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwight Stone | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | ||||
| Don Beebe | 6 | 72 | 0 | 19 |
| James Lofton | 2 | 29 | 1 | 17 |
| Thurman Thomas | 3 | 25 | 0 | 11 |
| Keith McKeller | 2 | 22 | 0 | 23 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| Mitch Frerotte | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PIT | ||||
| Ernie Mills | 8 | 93 | 0 | 20 |
| Charles Davenport | 3 | 54 | 0 | 24 |
| Dwight Stone | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Barry Foster | 3 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
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